by Barb Langridge | Dec 22, 2021 | Mystery
The time by the lake is everything perfect about a childhood summer…and maybe it also holds the answers Max needs. Give this tender middle grade novel to readers who love the mystery, friendships, and touches of magic in novels by Rebecca Stead and Laurel Snyder! To...
by Barb Langridge | Dec 22, 2021 | Short Stories
A collection of stories from nations and cultures across our two continents—the Sea-Ringed World, as the Aztecs called it—from the Andes all the way up to Alaska. Fifteen thousand years before Europeans stepped foot in the Americas, people had already spread from tip...
by Barb Langridge | Dec 22, 2021 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
In this evocative and heartwarming novel for readers who loved The Thing About Jellyfish, the author of I Can Make This Promise tells the story of a Native American girl struggling to find her joy again. It’s been a hard year for Maisie Cannon, ever since she hurt her...
by Barb Langridge | Dec 22, 2021 | Fantasy
The School Between Winter and Fairyland A fresh and exciting twist on magical boarding schools, the well-loved Chosen One trope, and the nature of true heroism—from the author of The Language of Ghosts and Ember and the Ice Dragons. Perfect for fans of middle grade...
by Barb Langridge | Dec 22, 2021 | Poetry
The One Thing You’d Save If your house were on fire, what one thing would you save? Newbery Medalist Linda Sue Park explores different answers to this provocative question in linked poems that capture the diverse voices of a middle school class. Illustrated with...
by Barb Langridge | Dec 22, 2021 | Fiction
From the critically acclaimed author of Eventown comes a hopeful and empowering tale set in an enchanting world of magic and mysterious family secrets—perfect for fans of Anne Ursu, Rebecca Stead, and Wendy Mass. Magic is like a dream. Delightful. Terrifying. Unreal....
by Barb Langridge | Dec 22, 2021 | Fiction
Fabio flies through the streets of Bogotá on his bicycle, the children of his neighborhood trailing behind him. It is there that life feels right—where the world of adults, and their lies, fades away. But then one day, he simply forgets. Forgets how to ride his...
by Barb Langridge | Dec 22, 2021 | Mystery
New York Times bestselling author David Levithan takes young readers on twisting journey through truth, reality, and fantasy and belief. Aidan disappeared for six days. Six agonizing days of searches and police and questions and constant vigils. Then, just as suddenly...
by Barb Langridge | Dec 22, 2021 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
The Most Perfect Thing in the Universe For fans of Shouting at the Rain by Lynda Mullaly and The Adventures of a Girl Called Bicycle by Christina Uss, a novel about one unadventurous girl who discovers she is anything but. Eleven-year-old Loah Londonderry is...
by Barb Langridge | Dec 22, 2021 | Picture Book
From the bestselling series that began with Tree: A Peek-Through Picture Book comes an elaborate and beautiful children’s book with peek-through holes that celebrates the coziness of home through the eyes of the animal world. “All of us need a place to...
